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2021’s Top Donors: Where They Live, Where They Give, and More

February 8, 2022 | Read Time: 1 minute

Find out more about America’s 50 biggest donors: their ages, sources of wealth, where they live, and where they give. And see the entire Philanthropy 50 report featuring our analysis of the list and giving trends among megadonors.


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From Youngest to Oldest

Austin Russell, 26, is the youngest living philanthropist on the list, and Julian Robertson Jr., 89, is the oldest. The median age is 66. (Not all donors disclosed their age.) The number of individual living donors adds up to 78 because some are couples. Not all donors disclosed their age.


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